Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve started out with a cold run in the snow. We haven’t had a lot of snow this year so I will take what I can get. It was absolutely beautiful out.

Came home to breakfast. Doesn’t everyone wear a life vest to the breakfast table?

I made the traditional Norwegian Christmas Eve dinner. I used a red cabbage for the Surkål. Next time I will use the green cabbage. Purple was kind of weird to eat, but it tasted great.

I used kohlrabi for the kohlrabi instead of rutabaga. I now know why Mormor used rutabaga. Kohlrabi is crazy expensive. I purchased 6 bulbs for $6.00 and it only made a small bowl.

I have never seen kohlrabi before. This is exactly what I thought of them when I saw them!

Where did I find kohlrabi? Sprouts. A note for next year.

I peeled it the bulb and removed the fibrous outer layer.

I cut it up and boiled in salty water like potatoes.

Added butter and milk and mashed like mashed potatoes. That’s all 6 bulbs made. Not a lot.

I didn’t make mutton. I’m proud to be a vegetarian when it comes to mutton.

A game of laser tag.

Against Aaron 🙂

After dinner we decorated cookies. Mom made a sheet cookie. We cut squares and decorated.

Little pea did a great job! He had so much fun.

Paul needs to show me how to do a panoramic photo, but for now we get a video of the table.

This year I made krumkake bowls for the rice cream instead of using the usual dessert cups. This was a fun change.

I hid the almond in the cups, we all got the almond this year :). Added the cream and topped with red sauce.

For the almond winners. Or the non- winners 🙂 Mom spoils us with marzipan fruits no matter who the winner is.

An hour after sunset, we went outside to see the Christmas star. The planets were not as close as I thought they would be. There was quite a bit of space between them, but it was a fun treat to see the star on our Christmas Eve night.

Another fun night with family.